14 DAY TRIAL // Fortnite, the upcoming free-to-play PC title coming from Epic Games, has received even more details, this time focusing on its playable classes and the actual combat that will happen besides the crafting and survival mechanics in the title.
Fortnite was initially revealed to the world several years ago as the next big project from Epic Games, but since then the studio decided to focus just on improving the title and not saying anything else about it.
Now, thanks to an in-depth cover story in Game Informer, via CVG, quite a lot of actual details have appeared with the major title.
In case you forgot, Fortnite is a third-person shooter that emphasizes not just working together with allies against AI-controlled monsters, but also focuses on scavenging for materials in a procedurally generated world and crafting forts, weapons, or gear.
Players will need to fight against vicious monsters that are created by mysterious storms. They must build a fort and make sure that it holds up against enemy attacks. Besides disposing of your foes on your own, you can also set up all sorts of traps, from spikes, to electrified surfaces, land mines, poisonous gas, or launch pads. You can also create friendly sentry guns or bots that follow you around and make holding your ground easier.
There are four different characters classes – the Constructor, the Ninja, the Commando, and the Scavenger.
The Constructor, like his name suggests, can build things quickly and with less resources. He can also build healing devices that improve the strength of materials in their proximity.
The Ninja, like his name suggests, is the most mobile character and can use abilities like double jump or overdrive for the melee attacks. He can upgrade his katanas, while using throwing stars or smoke bombs to stun enemies.
The Commando is catered specifically to combat as he does better damage, can reload quicker, and his headshots weaken foes. He can also throw grenades or set up proximity mines.
Last but not least, the Scavenger can harvest resources faster and make supply runs in the heat of combat.
New classes are planned by Epic, but Fortnite will ship with these four as standard.
The enemies are controlled by a Left 4 Dead-like AI Director, meaning the difficulty and encounters will change on the fly depending on the player's fortifications and their strength.
Players can easily drop in and out of games thanks to the simple co-op system and a notification mechanic will let people know when their friends are available. When not in a match, you can improve your home base with different rooms, such as an armory, a command center, dojo, and other such things.
Fortnite is set to debut this year for PC as a free-to-play game.